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Sigma-Aldrich

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate

≥97.0% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

BMIMBF4

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H15BF4N2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
226.02
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

assay

≥97.0% (HPLC)

form

liquid

density

1.21 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

F[B-](F)(F)F.CCCCn1cc[n+](C)c1

InChI

1S/C8H15N2.BF4/c1-3-4-5-10-7-6-9(2)8-10;2-1(3,4)5/h6-8H,3-5H2,1-2H3;/q+1;-1

InChI key

LSBXQLQATZTAPE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate may be used as an extractant for the removal of dibenzothiophene (DBS) from liquid fuels via extractive desulfurization.

Other Notes

Ionic liquid used in many reactions, e.g. hydrogenations; asymmetric hydrogenations proceed in higher enantioselectivity than in homogeneous phase; Suzuki cross-coupling at ambient temperature

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

550.4 °F

flash_point_c

288 °C

ppe

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C.J. Mathews et al.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England), 1249-1249 (2000)
A.L. Monteiro et al.
Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 8, 177-177 (1997)
P.J. Dyson et al.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England), 25-25 (1999)
Abdirisak A Isse et al.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 17(46), 31228-31236 (2015-11-10)
Dissociative electron transfer (DET) to a series of organic chlorides at glassy carbon (GC), silver and copper electrodes has been studied in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate. The overall results of this study show that the ionic liquid behaves like molecular solvents such
Synthesis, characterization and application of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate for extractive desulfurization of liquid fuel.
Dharaskar SA, et al.
Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 9(4), 578-587 (2016)

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